LOT 2992
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. Circa 121-113 BC. Ake-Ptolemais mint.
Diademed head to right; within fillet border / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched hand and long sceptre; crescent above, monogram of ΔYΡ in left field; all within laurel wreath border. SC 2336.2; HGC 9, 1197h. Near Extremely Fine. Nice toning with golden iridescence in fields.(16.24gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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LOT 2992
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.70gr, 10mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Islands off Mysia, Pordosilene AR Hemidrachm. Circa 427-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Head of young male to right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡΔ, panther standing to right within incuse square. Erol-Özdizbay 2; S&B 2; HGC 6, 1097. 1.95gr, 11mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned with hints of golden iridescence.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 15mm. 222-187 BC. Sardeis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Apollo, testing arrow, standing to left, leaning on tripod to right. SC 983.6; HGC 9, 518. 3,84gr, 15mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
